Luis Scott-Vargas, Pro Tour Champion and Magic-Strategy Coach

November 22nd, 2009 by messels

Just this past week, we notified Power 9 Pro customers that we’re launching another series of MtG workshops led by Luis Scott-Vargas. We definitely wanted to keep our blog readers up to date too! I’m especially excited to have Luis Scott-Vargas on as an instructor/coach with Power 9 Pro. It’s taken a lot of juggling [...]

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Magic Grand Prix 2010 Schedule Announced

November 5th, 2009 by messels

Wizard’s has announced the GP lineup for 2010 and I have to say it looks great. Lots of variability–something I felt was missing from this year’s schedule which featured a ton of limited. Here’s the schedule: Dates City Country Format Feeds PT Feb. 13-14 Oakland USA Extended San Juan Feb. 27-28 Madrid Spain Legacy San [...]

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Match Walk-through: Elementals vs Five Color Bloodbraid

July 17th, 2009 by pedro

In the following video, Stan, Bryan and I take an in depth look at Elementals vs Five Color Bloodbraid (or Five Color Cascade). The builds for these deck are as follows: Elementals: 4 Bloom Tender3 Cloudthresher4 Flamekin Harbinger4 Incandescent Soulstoke4 Mulldrifter3 Ranger Of Eos4 Reveillark4 Smokebraider2 Soul Warden4 Horde Of Notions1 Crib Swap1 Forest1 Island2 [...]

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Is it a plane? No, It’s a Magic Format!

June 3rd, 2009 by zak

Well loyal readers, I’m back to talk about the more casual side of Magic.  The subject of today’s discussion will be what is almost undoubtedly my favourite Magic variant format.  This format can be played as a duel, or in multiplayer games.  Similar to Elder Dragon Highlander, cards that are generally seen as sub-par are [...]

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Regionals: Reflections

May 21st, 2009 by zak

Well, after a rather grueling set of computer science exams I’m back and ready to talk Magic. As I’m sure you’re well aware, Regionals were last weekend and I’ve got some stories to share. We left Edmonton at 6 in the morning on the 16th, and got into Calgary at 9:30, with plenty of time [...]

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